Bucoops

1 hour ago, Hroth said:

 

I'm feeling like a vulture, but I've probably just made my last purchases from Hattons.

 

As I said earlier, I wish the company and their staff well in the future.

 

Likewise. I didn't buy much from them but had one last pickover...

3 hours ago, Hal Nail said:

 

Do some people only get two tides?

Clearly Southampton is twice as good.

Waves :)

16 hours ago, phil-b259 said:

 

 

But equally kicking up a fuss / speculating on here won't help either!

 

The quality of the product speaks for itself and not only would the business owners (Hattons) want to maximise the returns they can get from the orderly disposal of the companys assets I'm sure there are people in the employ of other manufactures who appreciate the quality of the Genesis coaches too who could be interested in obtaining them….

 

OK so people may miss out on getting the liveries they have been salivating over for batch 3 etc but there is a fair chance that when the dust has settled they will pop up in another manufacturers range.

 

However for the moment our thoughts should be with the people behind / who work at Hattons (plus their families and friends).....

 

 

I'm not kicking up a fuss? Most of what you have said is in line with what I have said so I'm a bit puzzled. As I've already said, Hattons won't be maximising the potential of the tooling as they have already said that batch 3 won't be happening, but hopefully another entity will purchase the tooling so there will be more future models. Again, I've already said this.

38 minutes ago, phil-b259 said:

 

Would much rather they still remained a Hattons product though....

 

Hattons development of them was a real bonus to the hobby and as such morally speaking it feels that they should be the ones to reap the rewards for many years to come.

Agree entirely but with today's announcement, that's not going to happen.

The Genesis range is a significant asset - I would be surprised if it doesn't get sold to someone. Highly unlikely to be Accurascale as with the 66 of course but several other possibilities - a "watch this space" situation I think.

Sad news :( Best wishes to all the staff and proprietors. The same of course to their suppliers.

I have a friend who when asked by an Australian immigration official if he had any convictions replied "I didn't know it was still a pre-requisite to have one". Now Aussies DO have a sense of humour but I suspect they had heard that one before....

12 minutes ago, Jesse Sim said:

It’s all fun and games until you’re under the table trying to coax her out. 
 

 

Might I suggest donning protective gear, and a water pistol?

Interesting - wonder if they were linked to the company that produced asbestos insulating board "asbestolux"- then the non-asbestos "supalux" version.

31 minutes ago, phil gollin said:

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No,  he's looking for the hole to put the key in.

 

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You mean this whole thing is a wind-up?

5 minutes ago, Mike Buckner said:

 

Is Real Stupidity any better than Artificial Stupidity?

 

 

Lower moral dilemma over pulling the plug?

4 hours ago, Kylestrome said:

 

I see, from that article, that we now have "train lines" to go with "train stations".  🙄

Sadly anything "live" would be better off if chimps wrote the articles. I think they use AI - Artificial Idiots.

2 hours ago, Wheatley said:

They dont like Brit tourists pointing at them and trying to take a photo :-)

 

Even more of a head shaking moment than filling in the green form on the way over with the invitation on the back to write to the National Office of Paperwork Reduction if you though it was too long. 

I wonder if anyone ever ticked the box to say they were involved in terrorism?

Anything here?

https://clarkrailworks.com/products/copy-of-clark-railworks-oo-ho-gauge-loco-box-340mm

Not what you are looking for but if anyone is looking for multiples then these are really good:

https://trainsporters.com/

2 hours ago, Wolf27 said:

Which ITV drama was this?

Loose women?

Perhaps WCRC could hire in some stock? Anyone got any CDL fitted spare? 😁

1 hour ago, MidlandRed said:

What, the speakers (or system whereby the second speaker is added) and their wiring are ESU’s? I somewhat doubt this.

 

What makes you think this?

1 hour ago, GWR-fan said:

 

I trust that the wheels shown in the second image are not representative of what will be supplied by KR as the left hand wheel will run very eccentrically given that the axle hole opening looks decidedly offf centre.

I admire your optimism 😜

Normally DPD would be my go-to and when getting stuff sent to my home they still are. But the one on the round at work recently hit one of my colleague's cars and denied all knowledge - had to send the CCTV to them to get anything done.

Earlier this week got a "no-one there" email - you can SEE someone in the window in the photo!

Did the IRM/Accurascale guys think they'd be making a post like this:

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but with over 18k 37's (ignoring the pretty much identically configured / installed IRM A Classes, 92's, Deltics etc,

less than 10 years on?

Simply outstanding achievement.

This sign is obviously because it's now a tourist attraction but still raises a chuckle - 

But how about this one?

One of those "worst kept secrets" - let's pretend that a high security MoD place is actually a point where motorway maintenance units can go.

Except the rules say the sign needs to be red because it's military based 🤡

1 hour ago, adb968008 said:

Warp drive would be a bit of a unique selling point, with Coaxial gears.

Genuine Klingon couplings.

Vulcan foundry prototypes goes without saying.

 

of course the model is already here, hidden behind a cloaking device

 

Boldly going where no model has ever been before.

just what exactly am i rabbiting on about… oh beam me upto scotland.

 

It sounds like you've already had a wee dram or two 😜

Please don't saddle us with more tanks.

11 minutes ago, nightstar.train said:

it’s not always possible to tell how a tree is. I had one blow down in my garden a few years ago. Looked absolutely fine on the outside, grew lots of leaves. Was absolutely rotten in the core and was only held up by about 1 inch of wood around the outside. 

My parents have a few tall trees, and they get them inspected by tree surgeons at least twice a year due to the proximity of neighbouring buildings, and because it's the right thing to do. Fairly early last year, someone from one of the neighbouring houses knocked to let them know he had gained a horizontal tree overnight.

It was half a 60+ft poplar, that has been inspected less than a month before. Amazingly, it landed neatly alongside the rear wall of this person's house - all he could see out the back door and windows was foliage. The only damage caused was to two fence panels and the adjoining post, and some trim had been knocked off a shed. Amazing really! As with yours - looked absolutely fine to the trained eye.

32 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said:

Could this mean a return to selling stuff in the "Loot"?

Cor, that brings back memories!

11 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Looks like someone 'hard' gave it a bit of a kicking!?

Sadly it looks very similar to how my brand new one came out the box. The general build quality was poor, but what allowed the real damage was the locos are bolted to an MDF board - but the parts on the loco that the bolts fit are flimsy plastic so the heavy loco just rips away from it, despite the foam around it. The should have put the tapped holes in the metal chassis blocks instead of the plastic keepers, would have saved them a fortune in refunds.